Dougherty Arts Center
Leave Them Teachers Alone
RECEIVED Tue., Oct. 13, 2020
Dear Editor,
This is in response to your article published on October 9th, 2020, about teachers returning to school [“Big Mess on Campus,” News]. There is no reason why teachers should return to their classrooms if school is going to proceed online. Why should they have to wake up, make the drive, and risk their health just to babysit some students? They aren’t going to be teaching them any differently than if it was online. I, as a student, have difficulty learning in settings which aren’t classrooms but I’m not willing to risk another person’s life just so I can figure out trigonometric expressions which will not be applied in my life. The government and AISD should be doing better! They should consider human life rather than be money hungry vultures. We’ve seen the conditions of our schools prior to COVID-19; how can we trust AISD to make the learning environment safe? There is too much at risk and eventually all the teachers will quit, then what will happen? If we’re going to mandatorily require teachers to return we’re going to have to crack down on COVID-19 regulations.
This is in response to your article published on October 9th, 2020, about teachers returning to school [“Big Mess on Campus,” News]. There is no reason why teachers should return to their classrooms if school is going to proceed online. Why should they have to wake up, make the drive, and risk their health just to babysit some students? They aren’t going to be teaching them any differently than if it was online. I, as a student, have difficulty learning in settings which aren’t classrooms but I’m not willing to risk another person’s life just so I can figure out trigonometric expressions which will not be applied in my life. The government and AISD should be doing better! They should consider human life rather than be money hungry vultures. We’ve seen the conditions of our schools prior to COVID-19; how can we trust AISD to make the learning environment safe? There is too much at risk and eventually all the teachers will quit, then what will happen? If we’re going to mandatorily require teachers to return we’re going to have to crack down on COVID-19 regulations.
Ruth Nihorimbere
